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{{Short description|American philologist (1866–1955)}}
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'''Carl Darling Buck''' (October 2, 1866 – February 8, 1955) was an American [[philologist]].

==Biography==
Buck was born on October 2, 1866, in [[Maine]] (either in [[Bucksport, Maine|Bucksport]]{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} or in [[Orland, Maine|Orland]]<ref name=Lane>{{cite journal|last=Lane|first=George S.|author-link=George Sherman Lane|year=1955|title=Carl Darling Buck|journal=[[Language (journal)|Language]]|volume= 31|issue=2|pages=181–189|jstor=411035}}</ref><ref name=Rutgers>{{cite web|title=BUCK, Carl Darling|url=https://dbcs.rutgers.edu/all-scholars/8577-buck-carl-darling|publisher=[[Rutgers University]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715150236/https://dbcs.rutgers.edu/all-scholars/8577-buck-carl-darling|archive-date=July 15, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>).

He graduated from [[Yale University|Yale]] in 1886, was a graduate student there for three years, and studied at the [[American School of Classical Studies]] in [[Athens]] from 1887 to 1889, and in [[Leipzig]] from 1889–1892.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

In 1892 he became professor of [[Sanskrit]] and [[Indo-European languages|Indo-European comparative philology]] at the [[University of Chicago]],{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} and was later named [[Martin A. Ryerson]] Distinguished Service Professor of Comparative Philology.

In his early career, he concentrated on the [[Italic languages|Italic dialects]], including among his published work, ''Der Vocalismus der oskischen Sprache'' (1892), ''The [[Oscan]]-[[Umbrian]] Verb-System'' (1895), and ''Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian, with a collection of inscriptions and a glossary'' (1904), and a ''précis'' of the Italic languages in Johnson's ''[[Universal Cyclopaedia]]''. He collaborated with [[William Gardner Hale|W.G. Hale]] in the preparation of ''A Latin Grammar'' (1903).{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

Later, he worked extensively on the [[Greek language|Greek]] dialects, publishing: ''The Greek dialects; grammar, selected inscriptions, glossary'' (1910), ''Comparative grammar of Greek and Latin'' (1933); and on more general Indo-European issues.

His ''Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages'' was called by [[Calvert Watkins]] "a treasure house of words, word origins, expressions, and ideas..., a monument to a great American scholar".<ref>''Dictionary...'' (1949, reprinted 1988, {{ISBN|0-226-07937-6}})</ref>

Buck was elected to the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1921 and the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 1923.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-09 |title=Carl Darling Buck |url=https://www.amacad.org/person/carl-darling-buck |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Carl+D.+Buck&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref>

Upon his death, the New York Times reported that Buck spoke 30 languages. Many of Buck's books went through multiple editions, and several are still in print.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}

==Bibliography==
* Buck C D (1892). ''Der Vocalismus der oskischen Sprache''. Leipzig: K. F. Koehler's Antiquarium.
* Buck C D (1895). ''The Oscan-Umbrian verb-system''. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
* Buck C D (1903). ''A sketch of the linguistic conditions of Chicago''. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
* Buck C D (1904). ''Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian''. Boston: Ginn and Company.
* Buck C D (1905). ''Elementarbuch der oskisch-umbrischen Dialekte''. Heidelberg: C. Winter.
* Buck C D (1910). ''Introduction to the study of the Greek dialects: grammar, selected inscriptions, glossary''. Boston: Ginn and Company.
* Buck C D (1933). ''Comparative grammar of Greek and Latin''. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
* Buck C D (1949). ''A dictionary of selected synonyms in the principal Indo–European languages: a contribution to the history of ideas''. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. [https://archive.org/details/adictionaryofselectedsynonymsinprincipalindoeuropeanlanguagescarldarlingbuck_664_G/mode/2up LINK] (Academia.EDU)
* Buck C D & [[William Gardner Hale|Hale W G]] (1903). ''A Latin grammar''. New York: Mentzer, Bush.
* Buck C D & [[Walter Petersen|Petersen W]] (1945). ''A reverse index of Greek nouns and adjectives, arranged by terminations with brief historical introductions''. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

==References==

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===General references===
*{{EB1911|wstitle=Buck, Carl Darling|volume=4|page=720|editor-link=Hugh Chisholm|location=Cambridge}}

==External links==
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{{EB1911 poster|Buck, Carl Darling}}
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*[https://archive.org/details/grammarofoscanum00buckuoft Carl Darling Buck, ''A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian''] on the [[Internet Archive]]

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